Famous Cricketers No 93 - Keith Fletcher O.B.E.

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Gillette Cup 2 2 0 7 7 3.50 - - - Career 6 6 0 94 26 15.66 - - 2 1967 Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 7. Essex v Kent, Brentwood, May 13, GC2 (60 overs) (Kent won by 42 runs) c R.C.Wilson b D.M.Sayer 2 197 239-8 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Gillette Cup 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - - Career 7 7 0 96 26 13.71 - - 2 1968 Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 8. Essex v Middlesex, Lord‘s, May 4, 6, GC1 (60 overs) (Middlesex won by 6 runs) c J.T.Murray b J.S.E.Price 10 155 161 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Gillette Cup 1 1 0 10 10 10.00 - - 1 Career 8 8 0 106 26 13.25 - - 3 1969 A second domestic competition was introduced, the John Player League, limited to forty overs and to be played on Sundays. Fletcher soon adapted to the style of the game and Essex gained third place with eleven victories in the thirteen matches in which he batted. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 9. Essex v Nottinghamshire, Chelmsford, April 27, JPL (40 overs) (Essex won by 37 runs) b D.J.Halfyard 20 185-9 148 1 10. Essex v Lancashire, Chelmsford, May 4, JPL (40 0vers) ( Essex won by 108 runs) c P.Lever b J.Sullivan 47 265-6 157 1 11. Essex v Wiltshire, Chelmsford, May 10, 11, GC1 (60 overs) (Essex won by 125 runs) st D.W.Simpkins b R.J.Gulliver 8 272-6 147 1 12. Essex v Derbyshire, Derby, May 18, JPL (40 overs) (Essex won on faster scoring rate) c D.C.Morgan b A.Ward 0 40-3 68-9 1 13. Essex v Worcestershire, Harlow, May 25, JPL (40 overs reduced to 39 overs) (Worcestershire won by 1 run) c B.L.d’Oliveira b J.A.Standon 11 150 151-9 2 14. Essex v Gloucestershire, Bristol, June 1, JPL (40 overs) (Essex won by 23 runs) b D.M.Green 26 162-5 139-9 15. Essex v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, June 7, GC2 (60 overs) (Essex won by seven wickets) not out 54 147-3† 146 1 16.$ Essex v Middlesex, Ilford, June 15, JPL (40 overs reduced to 39 overs) (Essex won by 21 runs) st J.D. Hopkins b K.V.Jones 58 215-8 194-7 1 17. Essex v Yorkshire, Hull, June 22, JPL (40 overs) (Essex won by 85 runs) c G.Boycott b R.A.Hutton 14 173-8 88 80